Reports Report 472a (Event 472-2005)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lisa R |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | A once in a lifetime event. Utterly terrifying since it was SO close by. I have searched hard for evidence of this event for almost a year now. I believe that it was very large, and that it landed in an area that I finally located just yesterday. Since I witnessed the event at night, I have had some difficulty locating the terminus. I hypothesize that main body of the meteorite landed in the deep sand that is everywhere in the area, thus I believe that it was buried by a landslide on impact. Spectacular does not even begin to describe it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Desert Hot Springs, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 59' 1.79'' N (33.98383°) |
| Longitude | 116° 34' 59.89'' W (-116.583303°) |
| Elevation | 499.144897m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2005-11-20 18:00 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2005-11-21 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 155.26° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 45.03° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | White tail, red leading edge, dripping red slag |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Loud hissing. Like cellophane being crumpled in my ears. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Loud boom on impact |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | Bright white, snaky in appearance |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Impact with the mountains. Red and white flash. Fireball disappeared instantly. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Red, blobs of ejecta spewed and fell to earth on impact |